Another 24 flights cancelled due to fog.
PESHAWAR: The National Highways and Motorway Police (NH&MP) has temporarily closed Peshawar Motorway M1, running from Peshawar to Burhan due to dense fog.
Similarly, the Swat Expressway, spanning from Colonel Sher Khan to Chakdara, is also closed for traffic.
Friday weather forecast
According to the Friday weather forecast from the National Weather Forecasting Center in Islamabad, most parts of the country are expected to experience cold and dry conditions, with the northern areas facing particularly severe cold.
Severe fog/smog is anticipated in the plains of Punjab, upper Sindh, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Islamabad.
In many districts of Balochistan, and in Gilgit-Baltistan, the weather will remain cloudy with the potential for rain/snowfall in the mountains.
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Heavy fog in different parts of the country has disrupted air operations severely as another 24 flights from various airports have been cancelled.
The number of cancelled flights has reached 88 in two days.
The PIA air schedule has been severely affected due to disruption of Islamabad’s flight operations.
Two flights to Islamabad, Sialkot, and Peshawar were diverted to alternative airports.
The PIA flight PK-212 from Dubai to Islamabad took off from Karachi, flight PF-719 of Air Sial from Jeddah to Islamabad landed in Lahore while Air Sial PF-737 from Muscat to Sialkot was taken off from Lahore.
PIA flight PK-258 from Sharjah to Peshawar landed in Karachi while at Islamabad airport Abu-Dhabi PK-261, Dubai Islamabad PK 234 cancelled.
Islamabad-Karachi Serene Air (ER) 500, ER-501, Gilgit-Islamabad PK-601 and PK-602 were canceled. Islamabad-Skardu PA 451, 452 and at Karachi airport PA 200, 201 were canceled.
